Coast Guard responds to train derailment in VA‎

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5th District Public Affairs

U.S.Coast Guard

News Release

Date: March 26, 2010

Contact: 5th District Public Affairs [mailto:nathan.henise@uscg.mil]

Coast Guard, local agencies respond to train derailment

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Coast Guard pollution responders along with local fire departments are responding to a train derailment off the A&C Canal Bridge on the intracoastal waterway between the Great Bridge bypass and Centerville turnpike in Chesapeake, Va., this morning.

Watchstanders at Sector Hampton Roads received a call at 5 a.m., from a representative of the Chesapeake-Albermarle train company stating their train had derailed and was leaking fuel into the waterway.

Coast Guard pollution investigators, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, and Newport News fire departments are currently on scene to help contain approximately 1,700 gallons of the diesel fuel spill. No injuries have been reported.

The waterway remains closed until further notice.